Automatic register



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UNITED STATES 1,622,147 PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP A. JACKSON, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AssIGNoR To THE EGRY REGfIs'rER`COMPANY, oF DAYTON, oIIIo,A CORPORATION or OHIO,r I i .AUTOMATICREG'rlSTER.

Application filed November 14, 1923.y SerialNo. 674,736.

This invention relates to an automatic register that is designed moreespecially as an improvement upon the structure disclosed in mycopending application for an automatic register filed February 16,1922Serial No.V

537,07 9. rThe general object of the invention is` to provide meanswhereby with one revolution of the operating handle webs of the desiredlength may be fed, the feeding automatically interrupted and the' websautomatically aligned ready for the next operation.

@ne of the objects of the invention is to provide simple and eflicientmeans whereby the bills or memorandums for the transaction of businesswill be automatically centered relative to each other so that the linesand spaces thereon will Amatch prior to entries being made. n l

A further object is to provide means for automatically releasing thewebs containing the bills or memorandums so that they can be shiftedrelative to each other by the alining or centering means.

Another object is to provide simple and efiicient means for shifting thewebs relative to the alining or centering means as soon as the websarereleased, thereby cooperating with said alining means to bring thesuperposed webs in proper relation to each other.

Another object is to provide means where` by the mechanismy can bevaried for use in connection with bills or memorandums -of differentlengths.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides inthe combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the 'invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the register, partially broken away.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the complete register. y

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3--3 of Fig. 1 and looking in the directionof the arrows.

.Fig 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line H of Fig. 3.

` Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the devices used for holding awe'btaut.

Fig. 6 is a detail lperspectivefvi'ew of the webs of paper used in'conjunction with my invent-io comprises a casing having av base 1 andendwalls 1, sidewalls 3 and a cover 3a. The cover' is cut away toprovide access to a writing table 2 supported vby the sidewalls 3 in anysuitable manner. In the sidewalls 3 rearwardly of the writing vtable 2are aplurality ofv recesses 1i, the bottom walls of which are inclineddownwardly and rearwardly, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Rolls 6 carriedby arms 5 pivoted in the sidewalls 3 rest on the bottom walls o'f thelrecesses i and are normally held by gravity against the back walls ofthe openings,`for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

` The cover 3 at its forward end is formed into an upwardly extendinghousing 7 to contain an upper feeding roller Shaving spindles 9extending through elongated openings 10 in the sidewalls Sand havingdiscs 16 on the ends thereof.- VA roller 12 co-acts with the roller 8 tofeed the webs of paper and is secured to a shaft 11 adapted to bemounted in the sidewalls 3 below and directly in line with the spindles9 of thel roller 8. Loosely mounted On'the shaft 11 are cams 17 adaptedonce during Veach rotation thereof to engage the discs 16 and lift theroller 8 upwardly away from the roller 12 to release the webs positionedbetween said rollers. Each camy 17 issecured to a gear 18 also looselymounted on the shaftv 11.

An operating shaft 19 is iournaled in the side walls 3 and is providedwith any suitable means, such as a crank arm20, for ro-v tating it.VSecured to the 4end portions of this shaft 19 are kgears 21 and saidgears mesh with intermediate gears 22 that engage the gears 18, `Thuswhen shaft 19 is rotated motion `will be transmitted therefrom O'ears 2122 and 18 23 7 Referring to the drawings the register the walls of thecasing are gears 23 adapted to receive motion through'gears 24 fromgears 25, securedto theV shafty 19. These gears constitute meansy forrotating the `roll 12 for the purpose of feeding webs gripped betweenthe rolls 8 and 12.l y kusing a larger or smaller gear 25 the machinercan be caused to deliver longer or shorter bills.

Transverse shafts 26, 27, 28 and 29 are supported in the side walls 3and the shafts 26, 27 and 28 carry web rolls 30 on which are`printedthebills, memorandums or other` blanks. The web `31` extendingfrom the shaft 26 is preferably fastened over the rear roll 6 and thenceover the writing table 2 from which it is extended between the grippingrolls 8 and 12.` The web 32 extending from shaft 27 is `extended overthe middle roll 6 and between the writing table 2 and t-he upper web 31and is also positioned between the feeding rolls. The third web 33 isextended over the remaining roll 6 and thence between the web 32 and thewriting table 2 and between the gripping rolls., The other end portionof this web 33 is extended downwardly and secured to the shaft 29 so asto be rolled thereon. To the shaft 29 are secured gears 34 which areactuated from the main operating crank 20 through a suitable train ofgearing comprisingthe gears 25, 24, 23, 35, 36 and 37, as shown in Fig.3. Interposed between the record Y roll carried by the shaft 29 and thegear 34 are the usual@ friction devices composed of steel and fiberwashers 38 and 39. i

In order to provide the web 33 with sufficient slack to permit of thealignment of the several webs a stationary jaw in. the

form of a plate or block 43 is supported by the sidewalls 3 close to aAportion of theV web 33 between the feeding rollers and the shaft 29, andpivotally mounted adjacent this jaw 43 is a movable clamping member 44having a rearwardly extending arm 45. A rotatable cam 46 having aperipheral recess 47 is secured to the gear 24. A spring 48 is securedat one end to the side of the casing by a stud 49and to the arm 45`atthe other end, as shown. This spring is under tension and serves `toexert an upward pull on` the arm `36, thereby causing the clamping Ymember 44 to turn about its pivot 50 and pivoted to the sidewalls`3 andcarrying rollers 52 which bear downwardly `on the `webs and serve tocheck the unwinding of the paper upon ceasing to turn the operatingcrank.

V Each of the webs 31, 32 and33 is'provided, between thev printed billsor .memorandum forms, with openings 39a designed ,1 to register when thesuperposedprinted i ncaa-i4? forms properly register one above theother.

Brackets 40 are provided at the sides of the casing within the housing 7and pivotally mounted in and extending between these brackets is a plate41 from which are extended pins 42 each having a vertical front portionagainst which the webs are aligned anda tapered rear portion topermitthe pins to` ride out ofthe perforations in the paper.

These pins are designed to bear by gravity upon the upper web while itis moving thereunder. A

In using this apparatus the webs,after receiving the data writtenthereon upon the writing table 2 are fed by rotating the crank 20. Thiswill cause the gears 25, `24 and 23 to rotate roll 12. As this roll andthe roll 8 engage the webs said webs will be actuated so as to projectfrom the machine the filled out portions of the webs. The openingsbetweenlthe used portions of the web and the next adjoining blank willpass under the pins 42 and immediately thereafter the cams 17 willengage the discs 16 and force roll 8 upwardly, thus relieving the websfrom the feeding action of the rolls'8 and 12. At the same time therecessed portion of `the cam i will come opposite the arm and the springwill move the member 44 about its pivot to clamp the paper between saidmember and the stationary jaw. During the forward feeding of the webs asbefore explainedV the rolls 6 will be pulled upwardly along the inclinedlower walls of the opening 4 but as soon as the webs are released fromthe gripping` action of the rolls 8 and 12 these rolls 6 will act asweights and will gravitate along the lower inclined walls of theopenings4, at the same time pulling on the webs. Consequently after theopenings 39 in the web have been brought` into position underthe pins 42and these teeth have dropped into the openings, the weight of the rolls6 act to aline the webs because the mechanism is so timed that when thepins drop into the openings, cams 17 release the webs and the rollsy 6draw the" webs back and aline them by bringing the front edges of theopenings against the pins.

The filled in `portion `of the web can be torn off vin the usual way andthe apparatus is ready for a repetition yof the operation that has beendescribed.` It will be noted that while the blanks are being torn offand also while being filled in above the writing table 2, the `webs areheld at the front by the rolls 8 andV 12 and at the back` by.` rolls 6.By beveling the pins`42 the webs, when moved forward will lift the pinsfrom the openings.

Especial attention is directed to the fact that under all conditions onerotation of the crank 20L produces but onerotation of gears 1S, and cams17 by which the gripper rolls are separated, whereas the roll 12 can becaused to rotate one or more times during each rotation of the crank,this heilig dependent on the length of bills to be issued. The variation0f the rotation of roll 12 is effected by changing the gears used fortransmitting motion thereto.

What is claimed is l. In an autographic register for feeding a pluralityof paper sheets having spaced series of perforations, feeding rollers,means to actuate said rollers to feed said sheets, means to separatesaid rollers to interrupt the feeding of said sheets, means toautomatically enter perforations in said sheets to align them and toautomatically ride out of said perforations on the re-feeding of thepaper, and common operating means for said feeding and separating`means, the several steps in the operation consisting of feeding thedesired length of sheets and re-aligning the sheets `ready for the nextoperation being automatically performed by one revolution of theoperating means.

2. In an autographic register for feeding a plurality of paper sheetshaving spaced series of perforations, feeding rollers, means to actuatesaid rollers to feed said sheets, means to separate said rollers tointerrupt the feeding of said sheets, means to automatically enter theperforations in said sheets to align them and to automatically ride outof said perforations on the re-feeding of the paper, means toautomatically grip one of the sheets after it has passed through thefeeding rollers while said rollers are separated, means to exert abackward pull on said sheets when the feeding rollers are operated andto draw the paper taut on the writing table when the rollers are infeeding` position, common operating means for said roller feeding means,roller separating means and sheet gripping means, whereby upon onerevolution of said operating means the desired length of sheet is fed,the feeding rollers are separated and the sheets re-aligned for anotheroperation.

3. In an autographic register for feeding a plurality of paper sheetshaving spaced series of perforations, feeding rollers, gearing toactuate said rollers to feed said sheets, a cam to separate said rollersto interrupt the feeding of said sheets, gearing for actuating said cam,gravity actuated pins adapted to automatically enter perforations insaid sheets to align them and to automatically ride out of saidperforations on the rre-feeding of said paper. and a Common operating`handle for both sets of gearing, whereby upon one revolution of saidhandle the feeding of said sheets, gearing for aetuating said cam,gravity actuated pins adapted to automatically .enter perforations insaid sheets to align them and to automatically ride out of saidperforations on the re-feeding of the sheets, cam actuated means toautomatically grip one of the sheets after it has passed through thefeeding rollers and during the separation of said rollers, rollerscarried by pivotally mounted frames'adapted to exert a backward pull onsaid sheets to align them against the aligning pin when. the feedingrollers are separated and to draw the paper taut on the writing tablewhen the rollers are in feeding position, and a common operating handlefor both sets of `gearing, whereby upon one revolution of said handlethe desired lengths of sheets are fed, the feeding rollers are separatedand the sheets re-aligned for another operation.

5. in an autographie register for feeding a plurality of paper sheetshaving spaced series of perfor-ations, a writing t-able, feeding`rollers, means to actuate said feeding rollers to feed said sheets,means to separate said rollers to interrupt the 'feeding of said sheets,means located adjacent said feeding rollers above the writing table toautomatically enter perforations in said sheets to align them and toautomatically ride out of said perforations, means located in theforward part of said register to grip one of said sheets during theseparation of said feeding rollers, and means located in the rear partofsaid register for exerting a rearward pull on said sheets to draw themagainst the aligning means during the separation of the feeding rollersand to keep the paper taut on the writing table, and a common operatingmeans for said feeding and separating` means, the several steps in theoperation of feeding the desired lengths of sheets and realigning thesheets ready for the` next operation being automatically performed uponone revolution of the operating-means.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature.

PHILIP A. JACKSON.

